After full-time, Bellingham explained that the celebration was related to a game called ‘Wolf’ that the England squad play together, which is very similar to the parlour game ‘Mafia’.
“The celebration was from a game we play called ‘wolf’ and one of the staff always holds his face like that when he doesn’t know what’s going on,” Bellingham explained. “So it was more a celebration for the backroom staff who put in so much work every day and they won’t receive any awards like this [his man of the match trophy] or get to have the moments we get to have on the pitch, but we value them so much and it’s important going through the tournament that we keep that atmosphere.”
It is understood the member of staff in question is Eddie Keogh, the squad photographer.
Bellingham marked his first Euros goal with four celebrations in one, first running towards the corner while gesturing to his ears, then performing a knee slide, and then doing his now-trademark hero pose with arms outstretched, before finally teaming up with Alexander-Arnold.